LOBELIA FULGENS. 9 
LohelecB, containing 14 genera; and 3rd, Delissece, containing 9 genera. Nearly all 
are herbaceous perennials, a few are shrubby, and others are annuals or biennials. 
The greater part are ornamental, and from amongst them a selection of really 
handsome flowering plants may be selected. 
Sect. I. — CLINTQNEiE. 
GENERA AGREEING WITH CLINTONIA IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT PARTICULARS. 
Clintonia. — Few annuals are more pretty than the two species of Clintonia, 
elegans and pusiUa ; they are likewise very easy of cultivation, being perfectly hardy, 
and only requiring to be sown in the situations where they are intended to grow. 
C. Bergiana is herbaceous, but is probably not yet introduced. The soil in which 
they grow must be made very light and sandy, otherwise, as they are very delicate 
growing plants, if the weather should prove wet, they soon perish without producing 
seed. They are also very pretty for pot culture, if sown in a mixture of sandy loam, 
peat, and leaf mould, under which circumstances they seed freely. 
Grammatotheca is unknown to us except by description. 
Hypsela. — For the culture of this little plant refer to Clintonia. 
Lysipoma. — Five species of this genus are known, but if living plants are in this 
country, we are not yet aware of their having flowered. They are perennial herba- 
ceous plants with some beauty, and are natives of tropical America, therefore require 
the heat of the stove. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, equal parts, is the most 
suitable soil for them. They are impatient of wet, and should be well drained with 
potsherds; it is also advisable to cramp them a little at the roots. Increase is 
effected by division. 
Sect. II.— LOBELEiE. 
genera agreeing with lobelia in several important particulars. 
Byrsanthes, Dombrowskya, and Heterotoma. — We are only acquainted with 
their names. 
Isotoma. — The species are greenhouse herbaceous perennials of easy culture. 
A mixture of peat, loam, and sand suits them well, and they are readily propagated 
by cuttings planted in sand or soil, and placed in heat ; also by division of the roots, 
and by seeds. I. longiflora, or the Hippohroma longiflora of some authors, is the 
celebrated Horse-poison of the West Indies. " If it be handled, and the hand 
unawares applied to the eyes, it brings on a violent inflammation," not easily removed. 
It is well known in St. Domingo by the name of Queclec. I. axillaris and hreviflora 
will grow well if planted out during the summer in the open borders, but they should 
be placed in a light soil, and a warm situation on a south aspect. 
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